Vill INTRODUCTION. 
A, MacLeay, Esq., 
Capt. Marr yatt, 
M. Petit, 
W. Raddon, E'sq., and 
Dr. Stanger, as illustrative of the species found in Southern 
and Western Africa, and described by Dr. A. Smith, 
Dr. Burchell, and others ; and a small collection pre- 
sented by myself, as illustrative of those found in the | 
Island of Madagascar, and chiefly described by the 
French authors. 
Sir John Barrow, Bart., 
Capt. Sir Edward Belcher (from Borneo), 
Major Bevan, 
J. Bowring, Esq. (Hong Kong), 
Sir James Brooke. 
W. Elliott, Esq. (Madras), 
Gen. Thomas Hardwicke, 
B. H. Hodgson, Esq. (Nepaul), 
Thomas Horsfield, M.D., 
The Hon. East India Company, 
Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., 
Mrs. Kennaway, 
Capt. Livesay, 
J. Lindsay, Esq., 
Dr. Packman (‘Tenasserim), 
J. Reeves, Esq. (China), 
Rev. Gerard E. Smith, 
Capt. Stafford, 
Col. Stoddart (Ceylon) , and 
